Trump has officially ordered a record reduction in the number of refugees in the 2020 year
On Saturday, November 2, US President Donald Trump signed a plan that would sharply limit the number of refugees that will be accepted into the United States in 2020. According to the plan, next year the country will have only 18 refugees - this is the smallest number in...
How long do I need to wait for the green card for family reunification: data for November
The owner of a green card, along with the opportunity to permanently live and work in the United States, receives the right to family reunification, which every American citizen possesses. If he has children, spouse or spouse left in his homeland, he can take them to America. ...
US suspends visa issuance for immigrants unable to pay for medical care
As a reminder, from November 3, the Department of State plans to suspend the issuance of immigrant visas to foreign nationals who cannot prove they will get health insurance or otherwise pay for their health care costs in the United States. However, the Federal State Court ...
USCIS innovation: making family reunification easier
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has updated the list of forms that are now available online on its website. From now on, you can complete and submit an I-130 (Petition for Alien Relative) petition online in the name of a relative who is a citizen of another country. Check in…
US authorities will deprive hundreds of thousands of immigrants of the opportunity to legally stay in the country
US Attorney General William Barr has issued two decisions that limit the ability of certain categories of immigrants to resist deportation. The decisions complicate the fight against deportation of people with old, non-serious criminal charges or multiple offenses related to drinking and driving, writes NBC News. Imperceptibly ...
U.S. Immigration Authorities Speed Up Asylum Decisions
U.S. immigration authorities in Texas plan to speed up asylum decisions. "U.S. immigration officials are testing a fast-track asylum program at a Border Patrol station in Texas to show how the Trump administration could enforce a partial asylum ban,"...
US Immigration Rules and Recent Legislative Changes: Lawyer Answers ForumDaily Readers Questions
US immigration policy has undergone significant changes in recent years. Everything happens so quickly that not everyone has time to keep track of the change in the rules and understand the essence of the innovations. Moreover, self-familiarization with innovations is often not enough to complete ...
Trump's new rule may ban hundreds of thousands of green card applicants from entering the United States
On Friday evening, October 18, the administration of US President Donald Trump issued a presidential statement indicating that new immigrants will be denied entry to the United States unless they can prove they can get health coverage within 30 days of ...
Required reading: USCIS achievements for 2019 year and efforts to reduce US immigration
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released preliminary agency statistics, accomplishments, and efforts to meet President Trump's agenda for fiscal 2019. Preliminary data highlights trends in immigration and illustrates the work done by USCIS in fiscal 2019. Final ...
2021 weeks left before registration in the DV-3 green card lottery ends: what you need to know
Online registration for participation in the DV-2021 green card lottery opened on October 2, 2019 at 12:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) and will run until 12:00 pm on November 5, 2019, Eastern Standard Time (EST). You have 3 more weeks to ...